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Locality Name:
Sailauf, Hösbach, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 161
Youngest recorded age at locality: 98

mindat Locality ID: 146071
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146071.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sailauf, Hösbach, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hartkoppe
Rehberg

Latitude: 50°2'1"N
Longitude: 9°16'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.033611111111,9.2772222222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Sr Ti U V W Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenolampriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteAutunite
BaryteBrauniteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDomeykiteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGypsumHumboldtineKaoliniteLöllingiteLindackerite
MalachiteMeta-autuniteMicaMixiteNatroautuniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentOxalate
PharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRoscheriteRoseliteRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelStaurolite
TitaniteTyroliteZircon

80 IMA Minerals at location:
Abernathyite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)
Arsenolamprite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bergslagite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Brandtite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Domeykite  (*)Ferrarisite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Humboldtine  (*)Jordisite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Liebigite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metauranocircite-I  (*)Metauranospinite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)
Mixite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Okruschite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Pitticite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Sailaufite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Tilasite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranospinite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Yukonite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Abernathyite  (*)NatroautuniteK(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O1619815837716
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)161981583771588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)161981583773250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs16198158377379
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O16198158377194
Arsenolamprite  (*)ArsenolampriteAs1619815837719
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O316198158377231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS161981583779052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O161981583771272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)216198258377,583795509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O16198158377150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16198258377,5837911547
Bergslagite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(AsO4)(OH)161981583779
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)216198158377606
Brandtite  (*)RoseliteCa2Mn2+(AsO4)2·2H2O1619815837718
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)16198158377483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6161981583791633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO216198158377700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1619815837727770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)216198158377309
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S161981583775707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21619815837727198
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)1619815837746
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O161981583773531
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O16198158377566
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)416198158377175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS161981583774165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1616198258377,58379599
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O1619815837758
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2161981583779895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As1619815837773
Ferrarisite  (*)LindackeriteCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O0015837711
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F16198258377,583792740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF216198258377,583799617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)16198258377,583797437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O161981583776890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O416198158377350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316198258377,5837914640
Humboldtine  (*)Humboldtine OxalateFe2+(C2O4)·2H2O16198258377,5837927
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS216198158377102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)416198258377,583795591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)216198158377234
Liebigite  (*)NoneCa2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O1619815837778
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs216198158377762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216198258377,5837912537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)16198158377770
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O16198158377388
Metauranocircite-I  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1619815837738
Metauranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O1619815837714
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O16198158377182
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O16198158377168
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O161981583771508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216198258377,5837917380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O161981583771236
Okruschite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(AsO4)6(OH)4·6H2O161981583771
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O161981583772994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S316198158377511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)161981583772349
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O16198158377105
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)16198158377140
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)16198158377494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216198258377,5837939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2161981583773106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216198258377,5837961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS16198158377712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)161981583771711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O1016198258377,58379312
Sailaufite  (*)Arseniosiderite(Ca,Na,   )2Mn3+3O2(AsO4)2(CO3)·3H2O161981583773
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)161981583774894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)161981583776417
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)16198158377978
Tilasite  (*)TitaniteCaMg(AsO4)F1619815837734
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O16198158377433
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O16198158377245
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O16198158377628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2161981583772718
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O1619815837751
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)16198258377,58379939
Yukonite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O1619815837729
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O16198158377185


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
MM66_385-0000216198161       O146071Sailauf, Hösbach, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, GermanySailaufWagner and Lorenz (2002)10.1180/0026461026630036MM66_385 

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